Means for conveying macerated bagasse between sugar-mills.



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WILLIAM ARTHUR RAMSAY, F HONOLULU, TERRITORY OF HAWAII.

MEANS FOR CONVEYING MACERATED BAGASSE BETWEEN SUGAR-MILLS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nm', 7, 1916.

Application led February 25, 1915. Serial N o. 10,623.

To all whom 'it may concern Be it known that I, WILLIAM ARTHUR Ramsar, a subject of the King of Great Britain. residing at Honolulu, in the Territory of Hawaii, l1ave-invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Means for Conveying Macerated Bagasse Between Sugar- Mills. of which the following is a specificittion.

In my copending application, Serial No. 830,000 there is disclosed an a pparatus for macerating sugar cane which includes as a collateral, though important.` feature an im- ,proved means or agency for transferring the iuacerated bagasse from one sugar mill to the mill next in order in the series.

rlhe present invention relates broadly to an apparatus for nlaceiating sugar cane o the general type shown in my said ro-pending application and, specifically', to iin improvement in the means for transferring the macerated bagasse from one mill to another.

The objects of the invention, briefly stated, are to provide a bagasse transferring means of such nature that the transfer of the bagasse is due, in part. to the cjecting power of the mill from which the bagasse is discharged and, in part, to a positively acting mechanical agency; to provide a bagasse, transferring means of unitary nature and structurally independent of the mills which it connects whereby said means` may be removed or replaced as a. unit relatively to said mills and without eutailing any dismantling of the mills; to provide a bagasse transferring means having the characteristirs stated, which is so related to the mills which it connects that the rolls of said mills may be rcmoved, in the customary manner, without the necessity of dismantling or in any wa)Y disturbing the bagassc transferring means;Y to provide u bagasse transferring means,-

which notwithstanding its capacity for unitary removal and replacement. shall when in its operative position, have smooth, close and tight jointure with the parts against which it is litted; to provide a ba gasse transferring mians which shall be readily accessible for cleaning or other purposes; and to provide a bagasse transferring means which is particularly facile and reliable in its operation.

lVith the ahotl and other objects and ad vantages in view. which will be pointed out as the description proceeds, the improved bagasse transferring means consists generally of a chute, formed to utilize the ejecting power of the discharge mill, preferably as in my (5o-pending application, and a conveyer working in the upper portion of the chute and mechanically and j )ositivcly aiding the passage of the bagasse from one mill to the other.

An embodiment of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying' drawings, wherein Figure l is a side elevation showing the bag-asse transferring meaty?. in its operative relation between a pair of adjoining mills. Fig. 2 is a top plan view. thereof. Fig. 2l is a longitudinal sectional view thereof. Fie. -l is a detail sectional view on the line 'l-l of Fig. 1. Fig. iis a diagram showing the bagasse transferring means as removed from between the mills which it normally counects and showing (by dotted lines) the conveyer as elevated from its normal horizontal position.

imilar characters of reference designate corresponding parts throughout the several views.

The invention is not concerned with the instruction of the mills and of the macerating scraper and these elements, therefore, need no detail description, it being sutlcient to point out that the mills are shown at .l and B, A being the discharge mill and B the receiving mill and the macerating scraper (which vis preferably of the consti-uc tion shown in my said co-pending application) at said scraper being arranged :it the discharge side of the mill A\.

'l`ho essential element of the bugasse transferring means, is va chute designated gcnerally by thel numeral 1 and comprising a bottom 2 and vertical side wallsl 3. The side walls are preferably provided adjacent their lower edges with lougitudii'ial angle irons 4 conforming to the desired outline of the bottom l and supporting the saine. The bottoni L. in the embodiment shown, is of curved form in longitudinal outline. being directed upwardly at an appropriate angle from the mill il for approximately a third of its length and heilig directed downwardly toward the mill B for the remainder of its length, the upwardly and downwardly directed portions being united along a gradual curve.

When the usual three roll mills are einployed, the bagasse is ejected from one mill :it :in upward :ingle of ii'ielii'nitioi'a :mil in delivered into ai' fein-evoking naill :it i flonnv wurd angle of inclination. ily nmliing: the bottoni olf Ille l'm'fn leali -ll the llxLe is mhiflitecl to existingY ziiinlzirils olf' ri-ii ita'1ai^;- tion unil opvrntimi uml the further :illimitngo ,is generell ol utilizing the ejecting power of the mill Si for thu'lzmiilur nl the img son.

The chiite is enpiimtell :it one nml bj, lie,-` ing fitte-Ll against thu sidi: platea-1 o? the inzwcriitlng scraper nml :il its other @nl lily nimm: ot' hrm-linie h' wwf-wiwi tu the lionsing oi' the mill l,n E iwi-:ii lli-Itri 1" in :idiliiiion to their lilimtiim nl" ,inliporingf the cllltn :ilSo forni exllswio'w: olf tlm Hille walls-1 there-:1li mul lnfnrrwrm-pluim? with mill @ille wilila. tlmiil lniwlzlf 1 :we connected at their lower ellgos, 'm' :i pluto r iilliih forme li rontiimzition ot thv Fmlmnl '.:1 To funi-[lilo the lirmlieig l :ini the .Hille plaire ot the ninrrmlinfg enriiiwl io xiii-vier their :wir porting fnnrtions, lieu: sluiting: elfjes (at Said ljmlelqi und ol t Y adjacent Fille Walle 2l rwi'xigier ire foli'nml igmf inrllmf :is nt l .vlii-Vrliy lois yi clownn'fliil ivf-ige lil. no i lieftxrwii the pluim oie tile anni, nifl the lil'urlims (i.

i l mi .Lie le Vlt is n'eilirlifll lomwiilr lmp joint-ibetween the. nir-[ie il :inni ihn, lnluin 'i senil the rhlite Uxlelir-imn l'minrll lw lirilrlwin l' :mil the plate t. The lisp lirin'cifni the bottoni liflel lijif mlrmlingj 'viii-lf @intimen llryilnil the S'ifle wills i fr will bottom owrhipfs the pinto tl :is salumi For@ i1 :zml l, The han yioint hetwern the siffle wille 'i mil the lnzxrflwts, l :ire iirm'ilvil by #eenling ruintort-inf" plaitrs: ll" to ilse mitm linnen of mili brzrrluts :Ind whirl; in' ijiert slightly beyond :mill l'nimkrts :uni in? erven g Strips: il lo the Hille walls, il in mieli relation thnt. in ,fiornlinntifiu with will ,Hille elleu .liiiiil strips lelinly groeven or rei-Mens l Vig'. il in hllirll ihr; ilmiovtng portion ol' ihr plait# il) have relatively clue( lit The Chute is amgfoi'ml ,n roniliiloiion L5 :will the platie i the lwtton'i for .i l

allie 1 ,zeigen hearings it :1re preferably open in order that the shaft in may he remlilv lifted from lmeitioii, when the occasion muy require. The Shaft U5 beyond the lirncket 1f) carries n driving Sprocket it? wliijohis vloose on said shaft and has its hub priiviclcd with ratchet clillch teeth :El which engage with similar tenth` formed at the adjoining end of aV clutch sleeve The sleeve E22 is Splined on the shaft lil find is urged against the sprocket 2U hy n` Spring 23 urrmlgecil on the shaft i6 between the outer end of Suid sleeve und a` thrust collar Q4.

The olinlite 16 :mil 1.7 are connected hy radius rods through the intermediary of T umplingr; .l'i sind. retaining oolliirs engaging :against smid Conil-linge. The conveyor :is :in entir,L thm: supported from the shaft 1G ne n leilcrnm and the .alato i3 hear with constant pressure on the hugasee pass ing along the ehutin y virtue ol the presu sur@ which the conveyor Sluts time exert on, the hugues@ the action of the @envoyer in feeding or assisting in feeding the bzigiisse :ilong the chute is rendered certain and reliable. At the salme lliinr, iii-iennufh is tlmeelling of the hiignse i5 dife, in largo nur. to the rejecting power of the anill A anni the greater peut 0l.' the travel of the lvl-gosse ie along n lownwziriil infime towaize'l tze mill l the conveyor requires unrnperatri'elf litN le power 'for it` eilieient operation. the lnii't l? ie n floating shaft oni nested to the what?, lo by the rndiua En, it follows, that thiifonvoyer oilltonmtiQ-:illy :ii'ljnsts itself, .(i. ef. rises and falle) to veriiitions ln the thiclrneee of the stream of liafigese.

Access to the chute may he had, if eired, withont the necessity of removing the ahnte from between the mills, or withmit moving the @envoyer from the chute, eimplg by lifting?a thev con' *er inte n .ertieal or other rliiitnliie posit m about. the .eiwit 1S as u pivotal axis. In euch movement ol' the; communi" he Lesitii of ille dutch sleeve :'22 will ride owl' the with *i :as is ohiione.

upper ongle if in; nrrni il :it :ip g'ia'oprinte interfaith; nnfrz the hot im 4 und hy dir;- iiinee bolts und Sleeves Connecting' the rolls 3 ut the upper corners thereof. The magie irons 27 uro provided at their ends with apertures 3th the purpose of which is to receive the hooks 31 of n suitable implement 32 employed to lift the chute from between the mills A and B whenever the 0cmision may reqnire.

Zhen the chute is to be removed from between the mills or the conveyor iQ to he removed from the vhnte without moving the latter from between the mills, the chain rfi-iwf; el" the Wolle Hi, by ty *NE-[Eel Eil() lbetween ener sssive Sugar mills` mul :along which the hugzisse if; ilieil. the ehnlxe having .-iilh Wallis illill il bottom, unil nn enilleen vonveyer,working longitlnlinellyY of the ehem iihoife the bottoni thereof unil having' e relai tively fixed trainen-rse pivotal exis uit one cnil unil its other end free.

The combination of a Chute to extend between suebessive sugar mills and along which the bagusse is fed, side wells und :i bottoni, and un endless con veyer working longitudinally of the chute lnhove the bottoni theeol' und having :i relaitively fixed transverse pivotal axis :it one end and its other end Ei-ee., und :L transverse driving shaft for Suid eonveyei' and (Sonstitiiting seid pivotal axis thereof.

155. The combination of it chiite to extend between suceesive Sugar mills und along which vthe hagesse feel, the chiite haring side walls and e bottoni, and :in endl en conveyor working;r longitudinally of the fliiii'e above the bottom thereof und having a, rele-- the Chute having i lively lxc-d tiiinsverse pivot-Ll Mii-i ai: one will :incl ile other `end freu, :i tren: .rei-f (l1-iw ing; elmi't loi said ronwyef onli eoir-tiiiil in;r riiiiil pivotal zixii anni open hearings for fliiiil ,ahnl't.

ll The combination of ii ehnte to he stippoiiiell between sliereseive eligen' mills nini along; which the hiigasse is fed, the ahnte heilig removable from between the mills by il' [lifting movement, sind e eonveyer working longitudinally within said. chute und removihh therewith from between the mille, the (renvoyer being independently removable l'roin seid chiite hy :i lifting movement apart from the lifting movement necessary to renieve heid ehute from between the mills.

lo testix'nony whereof l have hereunto eet my hund in presenee el two Slihserilling wit messes.

WLLM AVHUR BAM A if l 'lllitnesses l). ll. BUnNnnfrn, Ron. Ani-wensen@ 

